ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 174

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 174

174—Liability when hired vehicles driven for hire

        (1)         If—

            (a)         the owner of a motor vehicle lets it on hire to a person who, for the purpose of, or by virtue of any industrial award, is taken to be a servant of that owner; and

            (b)         while the vehicle is so let, the person taking it on hire drives it in the course of a business of carrying passengers or goods for hire,

that person will, as regards liability for any injury, loss or damage caused by that person while so driving the vehicle, be taken to be the servant of the owner and to have been so driving the vehicle in the course of employment by the owner.

        (2)         In this section—

"industrial award" means an award, order or determination of an authority, commission, commissioner, committee, court or other tribunal of the Commonwealth or the State having jurisdiction to deal with industrial disputes or industrial matters.